Sunday, October 31, 2010

Frankenstein Castle

I hope that everyone enjoyed the holiday weekend.

Halloween is a holiday that Germany is slowly embracing. The idea of trick or treating for children started to catch on about 5 years ago. Although we did not receive any small children ringing our doorbell, we had friends that had two or three little visitors. We were later told that the few children that do go door to door will only approach a home that has a large pumpkin on the doorstep. We will be more prepared next year.

Here is what we did this weekend....

On Friday we decided to head to Frankfurt to visit friends and travel together up to Frankenstein castle. Every year around halloween the people of the town of Darmstadt dress up and put on ellaborate monster-themed plays inside the castle walls. Frankenstein castle is a castle that was built in the 13th century. In the 18th century it became the home of Lord Konrad Dippel Von Frankenstein. The castle is also said to be the setting of Mary Shelly's book, Frankenstein. We heard several stories about how Mary Shelly actually spent time in the castle while she wrote parts of the book.

The best part of the entire evening was when all of the characters got together and performed the thriller dance.

As we crossed the first bridge we ran into a familiar character.

Although you can not see it in this picture, the castle is on the top of a very large hill and there is a beautiful view of the city behind us.

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We were loving life in Charlotte, NC when we were approached with the opportunity to move to Germany for work. We are now starting our adventure in Erlangen, Germany. We can not wait to explore Germany, learn the language and travel throughout Europe. We are viewing this adventure as an amazing gift and want to share it with our friends and family.

A shout out to Charlotte

When you leave home for an extended period of time you begin to think about all the things that you miss and appreciate back home. Phil and I are so blessed to have loving and supportive friends and family. It makes such a difference to receive emails and facebook messages from loved ones while we are so far from home. We wanted to remind our friends in Charlotte in particular of how much we appreciate and love them.

You all do such a great job celebrating each others accomplishments and supporting one another when needed. We are so blessed to have you all in our lives and look forward to see you all either here in Germany or back home when we visit. Thank you for the impact you have had on us. We look forward to future trips and adventures with you guys.